Spirit has begun to negotiate her way up into the Columbia Hills where she has encountered a strange rock called Pot of God that she found contains hematite, something that may well lead to the discovery of past water there. On the other side of the planet, Opportunity has continued her descent into Endurance Crater and is now investigating some intriguing rock layers that are already expanding the water story at Meridiani Planum. A.J.S. Rayl —Spirit Finds Hematite; Opportunity Discovers Signs of More Water (The Planetary Society)
That should be “Pot of Gold,” methinks. In other, completely unrelated news about pot…
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